The Innovation & Technology Development team offers some of the most exciting engineering roles within the Caterpillar global organisation. Working on the integration of electronic and electrical systems within multiple products provides the opportunity to work with multiple disciplines within the organisation.

The integration of the latest Electronics and Electrical technology helps differentiate from its competitors by enabling exceptional performance and value to the customer. Our engine systems control air and fuel delivery with millisecond precision to maximise performance and minimise exhaust emissions. Our integrated machine systems control all aspects of construction machine operation (engine, transmission, hydraulic systems), provide the human-machine interface (operator controls and information displays), and constantly monitor and communicate position, operation, diagnostic and prognostic information to enable machine automation, improved productivity and enhanced serviceability.

The Advanced Components & Technologies (AC&T) division, based in Peterborough (UK), have a number of exiting opportunities to join the team to contribute to the design and development of electrical and electronic control systems for engine and machine prime products developed and produced in Europe.

'Must Have' key skills and competencies for this role:

Degree-qualified engineer with experience in the broad range of systems engineering activities involved in the development of machine control systems.

Demonstrated experience of:

Collecting customer requirements - You will be able to provide 3 examples of what customer requirements you collect in your team

Documenting technical specifications - you must be able to provide 1 or 2 examples of what technical specifications would look like

Developing features and integrating them in machine - What type of features?

Completion of a verification testing

Desirable Skills:

Off-highway machine control system development experience (or comparable experience with automotive, marine or military vehicle control systems)

Requirements management (Ideas, Teamcenter etc.)

D-Space or NI test bench experience

Suitable backgrounds/skills areas:

Off-highway machine control system development experience (or comparable experience with automotive, marine or military vehicle control systems)